Countries are preparing to evacuate their citizens from the luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly strain of hantavirus, as health authorities say the risk of the virus spreading is low. The MV Hondius is due to anchor near Tenerife in the Canary Islands, off the northwest coast of Africa and governed by Spain, early on Sunday (local time). The World Health Organisation briefed member states with nationals on board on Saturday on how to manage the process, advising active monitoring of passengers for a 42-day period from the last point of exposure. “I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another Covid. The current public health risk from hantavirus remains low,” World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in a letter to the public published on X earlier on Saturday. He said he wanted to take the unusual step of sharing a statement to address people’s concerns.…